From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3D4AA0534; Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:37:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B16A32BF1; Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:37:01 +0100 (CET) Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3FB1137D for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:36:59 +0100 (CET) X-Amp-Result: UNKNOWN X-Amp-Original-Verdict: FILE UNKNOWN X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga008.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.65]) by orsmga103.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 12 Feb 2020 06:36:54 -0800 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.70,433,1574150400"; d="scan'208";a="226879982" Received: from bricha3-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com ([10.237.221.79]) by orsmga008-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 12 Feb 2020 06:36:53 -0800 Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:36:50 +0000 From: Bruce Richardson To: Robin Jarry Cc: dev@dpdk.org Message-ID: <20200212143650.GA834@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <20200212134156.jwtbsdkkt4joyu7g@6wind.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200212134156.jwtbsdkkt4joyu7g@6wind.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Dropping python 2 support X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 02:41:56PM +0100, Robin Jarry wrote: > Hi all, > > As you may have noticed, Python 2 is officially end-of-life since > January 1st 2020. > > https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/ > > Some projects have already decided to drop python 2 support: > > https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/1ca0323e7c29 > https://wiki.debian.org/Python/2Removal > https://governance.openstack.org/tc/goals/selected/ussuri/drop-py27.html > > I figure this may be the opportunity to do the same in DPDK. Does anyone > have arguments against this? If not, I am willing to work on the matter. > I'm in favour of dropping the support in general, however, do we still not need to support some distro's e.g. Redhat/CentOS 7, which do not have python3? /Bruce